Cerebral revascularization using radial artery grafts for the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms: Techniques and outcomes for 17 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 646-659

  Sekhar, Laligam N ^a,b   Duff, John M ^c   Kalavakonda, Chandrasekar ^a,b   Olding, Michael ^b  

^a The Mid Atlantic Brain and Spine Institutes   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cerebral protection; Complex aneurysms; Radial artery graft; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROPROTECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034886586     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-200109000-00023     Document Type: Article

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